>>522909
I did boot in 06, here's what the recruiter won't tell you.
>Anything that isn't explicitly in writing you won't receive. Have every single thing enumerated before you sign the paperwork. If they hassle you tell them to fuck off.
>Don't call NCOs sir
>Don't fuck up the different Chief ranks
>Don't piss off the guys who get stuck with laundry duty
>Don't fuck around on watch with the M9, some retard though it would be funny to wake someone up by jamming it in their face. He got drug out by the MPs hours later.
>Don't touch the women, ever. Not under any circumstance. Avoid them completely unless you're forced to work with them. I wasn't in an integrated unit, but I saw more than a few people get kicked out for fraternization, mostly niggers.
>Know how to swim, way too many retards had no idea how to swim. Which means you get remedial classes where burly operators (most of the NCOs who ran the PT areas were NSW) yell at you as you try not to drown.
>You're going to need to memorize all kinds of useless shit, like the name of the Secretary of the Navy. You'll be asked all kinds of stupid questions like this during inspection, and you'll catch shit for not knowing.
>Don't be a fat piece of shit, the PT standards are easy. There is no excuse to be below 50% percentile.
>Don't get injured, and if you get sick, deal with it. The medical staff are worthless ESL streetshitters whose solution to every problem is Motrin. Fun Story, I had an allergic reaction (the first and only ever in my life) during boot, probably because of the groid they pulled out of darkest Africa that was my bunk mate, and after being hauled to the hospital unable to breathe they gave me fucking Motrin.
>If you're concerned about personal hygiene don't sign up, the third world hordes in the Navy are absolutely disgusting. Know why nigs smell so bad? It's because they never actually bathe.
>You'll get sick, pneumonia spreads like wildfire there, expect to get it.
>Wear your shower shoes, the third world ooga boogas are covered in fungus, which will eat your feet raw if you step in the shower without them.
Me having that allergic reaction disqualified me during the special physical for sub work, which entirely fucked me over as my whole plan was to be a Nuke. I probably would have skated by without a problem if I didn't have to go back for an additional physical. I spent the rest of my time in the Navy at Great Lakes, sitting around on watch for a year until they finally discharged me. All in all it was pretty shitty, I would go Army or Air Force if I had to reenlist.